Personalised Care and Support Plan
Allows the sharing of care plans between patients, carers and all involved health and care professionals.
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Reference code
- DAPB4022 Amd 38/2021
- Publication date
- 22/12/2021
- Publication version
- 1.0.0
- Status
- Active
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Active. Active standards are stable, maintained and have been approved, assured or endorsed for use by qualified bodies.
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- Standard type
- Information standards
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
Information standards. Information standards are agreed ways of doing something, written down as a set of precise criteria so they can be used as rules, guidelines, or definitions.
Technical Standards and specifications. Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
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- Applies to
- All service providers in the following health and care settings MUST conform to this information standard:
- Community services
- Mental health services
- Elective admissions
- Outpatient clinics
- Non-elective admissions
- General Practice
- Impacts on
- Implementation of this information standard impacts all health IT systems suppliers providing systems to the above providers; suppliers should work with their customers to determine necessary changes.
- Associated medias
- Conformance date
- 31/01/2024
- Effective from
- 22/12/2021
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Care records
- Demographics
- Information governance
- Key care information
- Patient communication
- Referrals
- Tests and diagnostics
- Care setting
- Ambulance (Urgent and Emergency Care)
- Care home
- Community health
- Dentistry
- GP / Primary care
- Hospital
- Mental health
- Pharmacy
- Social care
- Urgent and Emergency Care
Dependencies and related standards
- Related standards
Review Information
- Scope
- NHS Services; Adult Social Care
- Sponsor
Alison Ainsworth, Deputy Director, Adult Social Care Technology and Data, NHSX
- Senior Responsible Officer
Nilesh Bharakhada, Clinical Director, PRSB
- Business Lead
- Tom Hobbs, Analyst/Project Manager, PRSB
- Contributor
- Professional Record Standards Body
- Approval date
- 06/12/2021
- Post Implementation review Date
- 31/03/2024
Legal basis and endorsements
- Legal authority
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
This information standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
More information
This is an updated version of the 2018 Digital care and support plan and now includes the elements for community mental health planning.
Page last updated: 19 June 2024